Tom Tivnan
Managing Editor at The Bookseller
The Bookseller managing editor, book stats wizard. Debut THE ESQUIMAUX (Silvertail, UK & Comm). Repped by Charlie Campbell at Greyhound Literary.
Articles
-
3 weeks ago |
thebookseller.com | Tom Tivnan
Scholastic UK has swooped for a “whimsical” middle-grade graphic novel series by the Franco-Scottish duo John Chalmers and Sandra Marrs, known collectively as Metaphrog. Senior commissioning editor Julia Sanderson bought world rights for the text and artwork from Molly Jamieson at United Agents in a two-book deal. Wilomina: The Land of Dreams and Nightmares will publish in September 2026 on Scholastic’s Graphix imprint, with a sequel following in October 2027.
-
3 weeks ago |
thebookseller.com | Tom Tivnan
French author Marion Brunet has won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), the world’s biggest international children’s and young adult literature prize. In a joint announcement yesterday (1st April, 2025) from Stockholm and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, judges praised Brunet for her “shimmering and crystal-clear prose" over 15 mostly young adult titles.
-
3 weeks ago |
thebookseller.com | Tom Tivnan
The Shirley Hughes Estate has signed with Jessica Hare at The Agency to “conserve the legacy” of the author-illustrator and Dogger creator. The deal for representation was inked with Hughes’ three children Clara, Ed and Tom Vulliamy. Children’s author Clara Vulliamy is currently represented by Hare. The Vulliamys said: “This isn’t a decision we made lightly: these are very precious treasures that we place into her hands.
-
3 weeks ago |
thebookseller.com | Tom Tivnan
Usborne has inked a “major” six-figure three-book with Sophie Anderson, the first title of which will be the follow-up to her global bestselling debut, The House with Chicken Legs. Rebecca Hill, Usborne’s fiction director, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) for The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away, A Year of Fairy Tales and a further untitled novel from Gemma Cooper of Gemma Cooper Literary, with the deal conducted while she was still at The Bent Agency.
-
3 weeks ago |
thebookseller.com | Tom Tivnan
FeaturesThe Baltic nation is in the spotlight at the 2025 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, with the relatively small country showcasing a punching-above-its-weight cohort of creatives.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 6K
- Tweets
- 8K
- DMs Open
- Yes
Important thread!
Introducing our Rising Stars Class of 2024 ⭐ "The class of 2024 highlight the importance of continuing to open the industry to diverse backgrounds, spearheaded by the first retailer to be named shooting star". Discover #TheBooksellerRisingStars 👉 https://t.co/RJ960f8auT https://t.co/i0hAYFId1A
Bologna's world class dates move trolling claims another victim. https://t.co/yqiFft2Ldr
A nice angle, but J K Rowling (writing as Robert Galbraith) was the UK's top selling female crime writer last year (£3.1m to Jackson's £2.9m per Nielsen BookScan).
‘I will defeat Richard Osman!’: Holly Jackson on being Britain’s top selling female crime author https://t.co/nyxCEngIbG
